哀牢

Chinese

		sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	firm; fast
simp. and trad. (哀牢)		哀	牢

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Āiláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ lou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Āiláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ailáo
    • Wade–Giles: Ai¹-lao²
    • Yale: Āi-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ailau
    • Palladius: Айлао (Ajlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi¹ lou⁴
    • Yale: ōi lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi¹ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/

Proper noun

哀牢

1. (historical) Ailao, an ancient state in modern-day Yunnan province (of China) and Burma

Derived terms

• 哀牢山 (Āiláo Shān)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (哀牢):

• → Vietnamese: Ai Lao (哀牢)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
哀	牢

Proper noun

哀牢

1. chữ Hán form of Ai Lao (“(obsolete) Laos”).